Is it possible to access Entity Beans through Servlets or JSP without a War file. i have deployed a Jar file and accessing the Entity bean through Servlet.But getting a classcast exception - cannot narrow remote Object to Home... So was just wondering .. i am able to access my Stateless and Stateful through servlets and JSP . This Entity bean is giving problem.I am using SQL server 7.Do i have to mention the SQL Connection Pool name any where in XML. I have mentioned the DataSource name in XML. Please let me know.